The "Functional Programming Group Ghent" (GhentFPG) is just starting up. We'll have a next meeting at June 29. The full program can be found [http://groups.google.com/group/ghent-fpg/browse_thread/thread/65cb728ac9cf17b1 online].

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The "Functional Programming Group Ghent" (GhentFPG) is a friendly group for all people interested in functional programming, with a slight focus on Haskell. We usually organize a meeting every two months. If you're located near Ghent, Belgium, be sure to check us out!

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==Next meeting==

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There is no future meeting pinned at this point. We will update this page and send out mail to the appropriate mailing lists when we have some idea. In any case, there will be no meeting during the UGent exam period (end of May to start of July).

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Note that future meetings will also take place at the S9 building, on the 'De Sterre' Ghent University campus. The address is Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Ghent. We convene in the S9 building.

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[[Image:S9 Venue.jpg|Location of the S9 building in Ghent]]

==Stay informed==

==Stay informed==

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;And we can also be reached on IRC using the #ghentfpg channel on freenode.:

;And we can also be reached on IRC using the #ghentfpg channel on freenode.:

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==Hackaton==

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==Previous meetings==

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===May 8 2012 Meeting===

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There were two interesting talks given during the 12th GhentFPG meeting.

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* Tom Schrijvers discussed solutions to the [http://www.vlaamseprogrammeerwedstrijd.be Flemish Programming Contest] that took place at April 18, 2012. He [http://users.ugent.be/~tschrijv/Research/talks/fpg_5_2012.pdf showed (pdf)] how to nicely use the non-deterministic feature of the List monad and how one can deal with strings swiftly by using trie data structures.

* Tom Schrijvers - How you could have won the [http://www.vlaamseprogrammeerwedstrijd.be/ VPW 2011] contest with Haskell

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* Pieter Audenaert - Functional Geometry and a Graphical Language

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Slides etc. can be found in this thread [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ghent-fpg/w7OaQSv6jvc/overview].

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===February 17 2011 Meeting===

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We had our sixth Ghent FPG Meeting (a problem solving evening) on Thursday, February 17, 2011. [http://groups.google.com/group/ghent-fpg/browse_thread/thread/86fa42b3093f359d More information in this thread].

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===November 5 2010 Hackathon===

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We organized BelHac, the first Belgian Haskell Hackathon on November 5 to November 7, 2010. More information can be found [[/BelHac|on this page]].

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====Hackathon Meeting (Nov. 5 2010)====

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The fifth meeting was held during the Haskell Hackathon. The theme of the meeting was "Functional Programming in Industry". We had three talks by people who use Functional Programming in their respective companies:

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We are organizing a Hackaton from November 5 to November 7, 2010. More information can be found [[/BelHac|on this page]].

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* Duncan Coutts (Well-Typed) - Who talked about Well-Typed and how they make a living writing Haskell code.

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* Romain Slootmaekers (Incubaid) - Who talked about how hard it is to get new ideas incorporated into existing companies.

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* Don Stewart (Galois) - Who talked about how Galois is succesfully using Haskell for their projects.

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==Meeting information==

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===October 7 2010 Meeting===

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Our fourth meeting will be held on October 7, 2010, from 19:00 onward. Same location as the previous meetings: Ghent University Technicum, St.-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, Left Entrance. The program is as follows:

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===Hackathon Meeting===

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* Stijn Timbermont - Mapping Interpreters onto Runtime Support

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The fifth meeting will be held during the Haskell Hackathon, but this does not mean that talks/topics discussed during the meeting should be restricted to Haskell, obviously. The precise date and time will be announced later.

Abstracts of the talks can be found in [http://groups.google.com/group/ghent-fpg/browse_thread/thread/f307dadf62cc2796 this google groups message].

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Our fourth meeting will be held on October 7, 2010, from 19:00 onward. Same location as the previous meetings: Ghent University Technicum, St.-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, Left Entrance. The program will be announced when it's ready.

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===June 29 Meeting===

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===June 29 2010 Meeting===

Our third meeting will be on June 29, 2010. This is again in the 'Technicum' building of Ghent University, left entrance. The program will be as follows:

Our third meeting will be on June 29, 2010. This is again in the 'Technicum' building of Ghent University, left entrance. The program will be as follows:

Abstracts of the talks can be found in [http://groups.google.com/group/ghent-fpg/browse_thread/thread/65cb728ac9cf17b1 this google groups message].

Abstracts of the talks can be found in [http://groups.google.com/group/ghent-fpg/browse_thread/thread/65cb728ac9cf17b1 this google groups message].

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===May 13 Meeting===

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===May 13 2010 Meeting===

Our second meeting was on May 13, 2010 in the 'Technicum' building of Ghent University, [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat+41,+Ghent&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=58.946508,106.435547&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat+41,+Gent+9000+Gent,+Oost-Vlaanderen,+Vlaams+Gewest,+Belgium&ll=51.046365,3.727316&spn=0.005801,0.012993&z=17 Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41], starting at 19:00. The program was as follows:

Our second meeting was on May 13, 2010 in the 'Technicum' building of Ghent University, [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat+41,+Ghent&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=58.946508,106.435547&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat+41,+Gent+9000+Gent,+Oost-Vlaanderen,+Vlaams+Gewest,+Belgium&ll=51.046365,3.727316&spn=0.005801,0.012993&z=17 Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41], starting at 19:00. The program was as follows:

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* Drinks at a local bar

* Drinks at a local bar

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=== April 1 Meeting (First Meeting) ===

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=== April 1 2010 Meeting (First Meeting) ===

Our first meeting was on April 1, 2010. This was in the 'Technicum' building of Ghent University, [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat+41,+Ghent&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=58.946508,106.435547&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat+41,+Gent+9000+Gent,+Oost-Vlaanderen,+Vlaams+Gewest,+Belgium&ll=51.046365,3.727316&spn=0.005801,0.012993&z=17 Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41], starting at 19:00. The program was as follows:

Our first meeting was on April 1, 2010. This was in the 'Technicum' building of Ghent University, [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat+41,+Ghent&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=58.946508,106.435547&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat+41,+Gent+9000+Gent,+Oost-Vlaanderen,+Vlaams+Gewest,+Belgium&ll=51.046365,3.727316&spn=0.005801,0.012993&z=17 Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41], starting at 19:00. The program was as follows:

Revision as of 14:16, 9 May 2012

The "Functional Programming Group Ghent" (GhentFPG) is a friendly group for all people interested in functional programming, with a slight focus on Haskell. We usually organize a meeting every two months. If you're located near Ghent, Belgium, be sure to check us out!

1 Next meeting

There is no future meeting pinned at this point. We will update this page and send out mail to the appropriate mailing lists when we have some idea. In any case, there will be no meeting during the UGent exam period (end of May to start of July).

Note that future meetings will also take place at the S9 building, on the 'De Sterre' Ghent University campus. The address is Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Ghent. We convene in the S9 building.

2 Stay informed

For up-to-date information, join our google group (this is like a mailing list)

And we can also be reached on IRC using the #ghentfpg channel on freenode.

3 Previous meetings

3.1 May 8 2012 Meeting

There were two interesting talks given during the 12th GhentFPG meeting.

Tom Schrijvers discussed solutions to the Flemish Programming Contest that took place at April 18, 2012. He showed (pdf) how to nicely use the non-deterministic feature of the List monad and how one can deal with strings swiftly by using trie data structures.

3.7 February 17 2011 Meeting

3.8 November 5 2010 Hackathon

We organized BelHac, the first Belgian Haskell Hackathon on November 5 to November 7, 2010. More information can be found on this page.

3.8.1 Hackathon Meeting (Nov. 5 2010)

The fifth meeting was held during the Haskell Hackathon. The theme of the meeting was "Functional Programming in Industry". We had three talks by people who use Functional Programming in their respective companies:

Duncan Coutts (Well-Typed) - Who talked about Well-Typed and how they make a living writing Haskell code.

Romain Slootmaekers (Incubaid) - Who talked about how hard it is to get new ideas incorporated into existing companies.

Don Stewart (Galois) - Who talked about how Galois is succesfully using Haskell for their projects.

3.9 October 7 2010 Meeting

Our fourth meeting will be held on October 7, 2010, from 19:00 onward. Same location as the previous meetings: Ghent University Technicum, St.-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, Left Entrance. The program is as follows: